MARS OPPORTUNITY ROVER: NASA SAYS GOODBYE TO DOOMED SPACE EXPLORER AFTER 15-YEAR MISSION [View all]

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Source: www.independent.co.uk

Nasa has sent its last message to the Opportunity Mars rover. But it doesn’t expect a reply.

The robot has been silent for the past eight months, disappearing amid an intense dust storm on the red planet. As the thick dust whipped up and around the rover – and across the entirety of Mars – the sunlight that powers it was blocked and its batteries ran out.

Nasa has now issued a last series of recovery commands. It joins more than 1,000 messages that have been sent in an attempt to wake up the rover.

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